By Henry K. Yeo ’68 Wars have been an integral part of recorded human history, but the conflagration of World War II (1939-1945) is unique. There was action all over Europe, the North and South Atlantic Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the North and South Pacific Oceans. At the end…
By Alfred A. Simental ’95, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, LLUSM Luis’ mother gave him a kiss as he bravely walked into the operating room at Hospital Adventista Valle de Angeles, a small mission hospital in central Honduras. Luis would be the first laryngotracheal reconstruction done in Honduras, and after living with a tracheostomy for his…
By Mickey N. Ask ’79 Mickey N. Ask ’79 takes in the view as he looks over Moraine Lake. Every year, the Alumni Association president has the distinct privilege of choosing the annual alumni trip destination. This year, president-elect Debra L. Stottlemyer ’86 chose the Canadian Rockies, which turned out to be a fabulous choice.…
By Timothy R. Gobble ’12 According to current figures from the World Health Organization, the United States has about one doctor for every 385 inhabitants. Comparatively, in Malawi there is less than one doctor for every 63,000 inhabitants. Despite this fact, most Malawians have access to clinics and hospitals, though many are quite rudimentary. In…
By Jason L. Lohr ’01 Seven years ago, my wife and I returned from the mission field to be with family who needed us. We had spent five years in Nigeria and two years in Honduras and were unsure how we could continue to serve in the United States. We settled in the Loma Linda…
By Ryan A. Hayton ’05 Ryan A. Hayton ’05 stands with his family in front of Malamulo Adventist Hospital. Lack of access to safe surgery leads to more deaths than HIV, TB, and malaria combined worldwide.1 Nearly one-third of the global burden of disease can be addressed by surgical care.2 Ninety-three percent of the people…
By Sarah E. Belensky ’13 Sarah E. Belensky ’13 practices family medicine at Bere Adventist Hospital in Chad alongside her husband, Gabriel, the hospital chaplain. As a young girl, even the thought of leaving home for a week of summer camp seemed too daunting to be comfortable for me. However, one of the blessings of…
By Tiffany C. Priester ’04 Nine years ago, I moved to Malawi full of hopes and dreams to open an ICU and start a cardiology clinic. At that time, I never would have predicted where my biggest impact would be. I naively equated my own potential work with development work, believing that opening the ICU…
Stanley P. Urquhart ’55 passed away Nov. 20, 2019. He specialized in psychiatry.
By James E. Crounse ’07 She was dying. I hadn’t been in Malawi long, but I had come to recognize the signs of the scourge. On rounds, I stammered a few worthless words in Chichewa, knowing that I didn’t have the vocabulary nor the spirit to soothe her soul. Fortunately, I was not as alone…